5. One serious condition that wouldn't prevent flying is a food allergy

My company had a client die on a plane on the way to a meeting because he ate something cooked in peanut oil (this was before there was as much general knowledge of nut allergies.) If the pilot had a nut or seafood allergy, for example, it could kill him that quickly.

One day, Bufferin without a problem; the next, Bayer sends me, with my lungs filling with fluid and my eyelids puffed shut and oozing yellow gunk, to the hospital for three days of observation (...because they didn't know if I'd have a reaction to the shot they gave me to control the symptoms!).

Took it for 50 years without a problem - then one night - bam! anaphylactic shock. Scary stuff. Now I carry an EPI-PEN and benedryl with me at all times. Never know when I might react to something else.

about your hubby's food allergies and that they seemed to happen in adulthood, does it make you wonder what is going on?

What are your hubby's symptoms? The reason I ask is because I think that perhaps it has something to do with GMO's/GMF or if you prefer Frankenfood.

I have developed a reaction to corn and peanuts. My symptoms include swelling from the knees down and red spots, sometimes the spots are tiny other times they merge into a massive red spot. This usually last for a few days and then goes away. I don't have insurance so I have no way of knowing what is going on with me. I've done my own research and think that I might be suffering from vasculitis. For which there is apparently no cure.

I recall an incident about 25 years ago. An aviator captain in the Navy had just completed his annual flight physical at the clinic on North Island. Got to the front door when leaving and died of a massive heart attack on the front steps.

The plane isn't going anywhere without the co-pilot, just like it isn't going anywhere without the required number of flight attendants. All transport-category aircraft require at least two pilots, and each can fly the airplane alone if necessary.

The flight crew all ate fish, and one by one they all died. One of the passenger had to fly the plane, but he had a drinking problem and wasn't sure sure he could do it. Fortunately he was able to land the plane with minimal damage at the airport, but some weird inflatable guy stole the plane at the end.

Captains and first officers are trained to watch for the cues of incapacitation and act decisively. First officers ("co-pilots") are trained and fully qualified to fly a transport jet alone, should the captain be out of the picture. In fact, at that point, the first officer becomes the pilot-in-command (captain).

The pilot who died while flying a Boeing 757 for Continental Airlines on Saturday afternoon "experienced a serious medical problem which required the aircraft to land immediately," Continental spokeswoman Mary Clark told AVweb on Wednesday. The pilot's name and age have not been released yet by the airline, and the company is not releasing additional details about the pilot or the nature of his affliction, "although he is believed to have died of natural causes," Clark said. She added that he was based in Newark, N.J., and had 21 years of service with the airline. The co-pilot diverted the aircraft to McAllen International Airport in south Texas, where an ambulance crew was waiting. Lt. Scott Luke of the McAllen Police Department told the Houston Chronicle that doctors and nurses who were among the flight's 210 passengers had assisted the crew in trying to revive the stricken pilot. "They had done compressions, CPR on him onboard the aircraft," Luke said. The airplane flew on to its destination in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, later that day, with a new crew. Industry sources told AVweb that the stricken pilot was 58 years old. FAA spokeswoman Alison Duquette said on Wednesday she doesn't expect the incident to affect the agency's policy regarding the age-60 rule one way or the other. Administrator Marion Blakey is expected to announce a decision about changing this rule within the next few weeks, she said. Since November, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has allowed airline crews to include one pilot up to age 65 as long as the other pilot is under 60. The current age-60 rule has long been disputed by various pilot groups in the U.S., although pilot unions in general support it.

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